1Sa 11:5, 7 | ESV | STEP | Now, behold , Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen . And Saul said , What is wrong with the people , that they are weeping ? So they told him the news of the men of Jabesh .

1 Samuel 11:5

5 Now, behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen. And Saul said, “What is wrong with the people, that they are weeping?” So they told him the news of the men of Jabesh.

1 Samuel 11:7

7 He took a yoke of oxen ^aand cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, ^b“Whoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!” Then the dread of the Lord fell upon the people, and they came out ^cas one man.